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Masterpieces of Italian Renaissance and Baroque sculpture on view at Moretti Fine Art

NEW YORK, NY.- In their third collaborative exhibition, Andrew Butterfield of Andrew Butterfield Fine Arts and Fabrizio Moretti of Moretti Fine Art, will stage Masterpieces of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture on Thursday, October 20 through Friday, November 11, 2011 at Moretti Fine Art, 24 East 80th Street in New York. The exhibition centers around several significant discoveries of the past year, including A Pair of Monumental Terracotta Portrait Busts of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (circa 1660), by Domenico Giudi — perhaps the largest terracotta portrait busts currently in America. “Large scale terracotta busts are extremely rare, especially at this level of quality and liveliness. I cannot think of another such pair in America, other than the two Medici busts at the National Gallery in Washington,” said Andrew Butterfield. These newly rediscovered, lively and spirited works are impressive both f